Familiar Medicine: Everyday Health Knowledge and Practice in Today's Vietnam 9780824862473
One of the first medical ethnographies to be written on contemporary Vietnam, Familiar Medicine examines the practical w
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English Pages 306 [304] Year 2002
Table of contents :
Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
1. Place
2. North, South, East, and West: Cultural Formations of Vietnamese Medicine
3. An Ethnography of Health and Illness in Northern Vietnam
4. Traditional Household Medicine
5. Familiar Medicine: Antibiotics in Market and Culture
6. The Patterning of Medical Choices
7. Local and Global Pharmacy Governance: The King’s Law Stops at the Village Gate?
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
Contents
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface
1. Place
2. North, South, East, and West: Cultural Formations of Vietnamese Medicine
3. An Ethnography of Health and Illness in Northern Vietnam
4. Traditional Household Medicine
5. Familiar Medicine: Antibiotics in Market and Culture
6. The Patterning of Medical Choices
7. Local and Global Pharmacy Governance: The King’s Law Stops at the Village Gate?
Notes
Glossary
References
Index
- Author / Uploaded
- David Craig
